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Macaques in castles
Old 10-03-2008
Who ever said that all macaques have to be kept in castles! lets try and figure out who has em in cstles, and why!, photos would be good aswell

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Japanese Macaque Island ,Dierenpark Amersfoort by Xerxes

Rhesus Macaque Enclosure - Lisbon Zoo - not a castle but close enough
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Rhesus Mac's as Bredls Reptile Park
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Old 10-03-2008
What brutal, sad little enclosures. A macaque palace???
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I think that the top red and white one looks nice and has climbing structures at the end so that is a plus.
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Old 10-03-2008
but those banks look stupidly steep. . . on the top one
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urgh.....
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Well, I spent this morning building another platform for the macaques, till I almost died in the heat. I will get picks tomorrow after I put it up.
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Old 12-03-2008
I heard that ruins for macaques were common in early 20. century zoos - after Kipling's "Jungle Book".

Nowadays they could house rhesus with TV antennas, telephone wires and Bollywood adverts. Like their typical rooftop habitat in India. Well, better not.
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but those banks look stupidly steep. . . on the top one
I saw Amersfoort castle. Macaques come down, swim and pick food - between huge koi carps.

Not the best idea, IMO.
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Old 12-03-2008
yeah, I have never really understood moats on macaque islands . . unless ofcourse the opposite side is a wall rather than a bank
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Old 20-03-2008
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yeah, I have never really understood moats on macaque islands . . unless ofcourse the opposite side is a wall rather than a bank
The only reason I can think of for a wet moat (rather than a dry one is to keep the animals from being off-view down in the moat.
 

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